Matilda Osburn SwansonMatilda Osburn Swanson, 86, of Chickamauga, died Thursday, Aug. 1, 2013, at Parkside Nursing Home in Fort Oglethorpe after a brave and lengthy battle with Parkinson’s disease. She was born May 24, ...

Dorothy Watkins ChastainDorothy Watkins Chastain, 76, of Jefferson, passed away Friday, July 26, 2013. She was preceded in death by her parents, Conway and Frankie Watkins; a brother, Ellis Watkins; and a sister, Gail Bis...

Richard H. SchuhRichard H. Schuh, 72, of St. Petersburg, Fla., died Sunday, July 21, 2013, surrounded by family. Born in St. Petersburg, he graduated from Boca Ciega High School in 1958 and then later from Embry-R...

Mary Louise Moore StancilMary Louise Moore Stancil, 73, of Newport, N.H., died Sunday, July 21, 2013, in Newport. She was born March 13, 1940, in Rabun County to the late V.L. and Eula Marie Watts Moore. She was a homemake...

Dean J. EzellDean J. Ezell, 84, of the Warwoman community, Clayton, died Wednesday, July 17, 2013 in Atlanta. He was born in Hickory, N.C., to the late Joseph and Mary Bass Ezell. He was a retired insurance adm...

Sanford Reno FountainSanford Reno Fountain, 79, of Rabun Gap, passed away on Friday, July 19, 2013. He was born Dec. 13, 1933, in Rabun County to Thomas Fountain Sr. and Vassie Garland Fountain. He graduated from Rabun...

Aage JensenAage Jensen, 83, passed away peacefully at his beloved Sky Valley home on Thursday, July 18, 2013, after a brief illness. Mr. Jensen was born Nov. 15, 1929, in Copenhagen. In 1954, he came to the U...

Leslie Paul OwensLeslie Paul Owens, 59, of Clayton, died Thursday, July 18, 2013, in Walhalla, S.C. He was born Nov, 6, 1953, in Rabun County to the late Wayne Lesley Owens and Annie Sue Chastain Owens. He was empl...

Bernice Smith ScruggsBernice Smith Scruggs, 88 of Brevard, N.C., passed away Tuesday, July 16, 2013, at Tore’s Home. She was born June 2,1925, in Habersham County to the late Oscar and Bessie Maude Smith. Mrs. Scruggs ...

Tommy Lee FloydTommy Lee Floyd, 65, of Toccoa, passed away Saturday, July 20, 2013. Born in Royston, he was a son of Mozelle Yearwood Cabe and the late Aaron Floyd Jr. He was a graduate of Toccoa High School and ...

Jimmie Austin HarrisJimmie Austin Harris, 72, of Clayton, died at 8:45 a.m. Friday, July 12, 2013, from an extended illness. He was the husband of Dorothy Harris. He was born May 29, 1941, in Commerce to the late Will...

Donna Norris HunnicuttDonna Norris Hunnicutt, 43, of Clayton, died Tuesday, July 9, 2013. She was born April 20, 1970, in Clayton to Donny Norris and Lorene Justus Norris. She was a real estate saleswoman and was of the...

Charlie GreenCharles S. (Charlie) Green, 59, of Dotson Street, Mountain City, Georgia, died Monday June 24, 2013 in Mountain Lakes Medical Center. He was born July 17, 1953 in Highlands, NC, to the late Harvey ...

Hoyt Allen Thomas Sr.Hoyt Allen Thomas Sr., age 82, of Otto, NC, passed away Wednesday, July 3, 2013, at a local nursing home. He was a native of Macon County, the son of the late Harley and Fannie Bradley Thomas. He i...

William Robert “Bob” WilliamsonWilliam Robert “Bob” Williamson, 71, of Clayton, died from interstitial lung disease on May 26, 2013, at Angel Medical Center in Franklin, N.C. Bob grew up in Lee County. He served in the Army Secu...

Geneva Hopper AycockGeneva Hopper Aycock, 76, of Rabun Gap, died Wednesday night, June 26, 2013, at Mountain View Health Care. She was the widow of Jadie Clifford Aycock. She was born March 19, 1937, to the late John ...

Evelyn Watts MobleyEvelyn Watts Mobley passed away Thursday, June 27, 2013. She was the wife of the late Samuel P. Mobley. Evelyn was one of six children born to the late Hubert D and Ethel Baker Watts of Rabun Count...

Stanley E. ‘Butch’ DarnellStanley E. “Butch” Darnell, 64, of Rabun Gap, passed away Friday, June 21, 2013, at his residence. He was born Dec. 5, 1948, in Clayton to the late Hubert High and Ruth Norton Darnell. He is surviv...

Marie Taylor BrowningMarie Taylor Browning, 88, died Tuesday, June 11, 2013, in Macon. Mrs. Browning was born in Dothan, Ala., to the late Elizabeth King Taylor and Robert Joshua Taylor. Marie dedicated her life to ser...

Jacqueline Ann DarnellJacqueline Ann Darnell, 75, of Rabun Gap, died Thursday, June 13, 2013, at Emory University Hospital after an extended illness. She was born May 24, 1938, in Rabun County to the late Brye Leman Dar...

Margaret Talley ChastainMargaret Talley Chastain, 82, of Rabun Gap, died Thursday, June 6, 2013, at Mountain Lakes Medical Center. She was born April 13, 1931, in Highlands, N.C., to the late John and Effie Talley. She li...

Nancy Thompson PurcelNancy Thompson Purcell, 62, of Lakemont and formerly of Tifton, passed away Wednesday, June 6, 2013, at her home. She was born Dec. 31, 1950, in Tift County to the late Marshall L. Thompson and Bes...

Irene Beck SmithIrene Beck Smith, 89, of Tiger, died Wednesday, May 29, 2013, at her residence. She was the widow of James Sherman Smith. She was born in the Warwoman community to the late Fred and Laura Dockins B...

Esta Mae ChildersEsta Mae Childers, 93, of Tiger, passed away Wednesday, May 29, 2013, at CannonWood Village. She was born in Franklin, N.C., to Humphrey Elijah Childers and Alice Morrison Childers. She was a purch...

J.C. LoveJ.C. Love, 71, of Mountain City, died Monday, June 3, 2013, at Mountain Lakes Medical Center. He was born Nov. 20, 1941, in Rabun County to Allene Justus Church and the late J.D. Love. He retired f...

Dorothy ‘Dot’ Randall OxfordDorothy “Dot” Randall Oxford, formerly of Clayton and St. Petersburg, Fla., passed away Thursday, May 30, 2013, at her home in Atlanta after a valiant battle with breast cancer. She was preceded in...

Howard Ernest Prater Howard Ernest Prater, 96, of Clayton, died Thursday, May 30, 2013. He was born Oct. 18, 1916, in Hayesville, N.C., to William Isaac and Cora Matheson Prater. After teaching school in Rabun County, ...

Irene Beck SmithIrene Beck Smith, 89, of Tiger, died Wednesday, May 29, 2013, at her residence. She was the widow of James Sherman Smith. She was born in the Warwoman community to the late Fred and Laura Dockins B...

George Earl KeenerGeorge Earl Keener, 67, of Clayton, died Tuesday, May 21, 2013, at Northeast Georgia Medical Center in Gainesville. Earl was the widower of Darlene Malcom Keener. He was born Nov. 1, 1945, in Rabun...

The Rev. Charles Alexander LedfordThe Rev. Charles Alexander Ledford, 85, of Franklin, N.C., passed away Thursday, May 23, 2013, at his residence after an extended illness. He was born July 21, 1927, in DeKalb County to the late Ch...

Thomas Howell “Tommy” LovellThomas Howell “Tommy” Lovell, 75, of Tiger, died Saturday, May 25, 2013, at his residence. He was the husband of Joyce Nichols Lovell for 56 years. He was born Dec. 7, 1937, in Rabun County to the ...

Charles Edward MooreCharles Edward Moore, 64, husband of Conda Katie Hembree Moore of Long Creek, S.C., died Saturday, May 25, 2013, at Charles George VA Medical Center in Asheville, N.C. He was born in Clayton to the...

Brenda Carroll MottBrenda Carroll Mott, of Tiger, died Thursday, May 23, 2013, at her home. In addition to her husband of 49 years, Bob Mott, she is survived by: her daughter and son-in-law, Paige and T.R. Williams o...

George Frank ‘Jerky’ Hernlen Jr.George Frank “Jerky” Hernlen Jr., 80, died Friday, May 17, 2013, at Mountain View Health Care. She was born June 6, 1932, in Augusta to the late George Frank Hernlen Sr. and Katie Bell Reece Hernle...

William Harry KeenerWilliam Harry Keener, 89, of Clayton died Friday, May 17, 2013, at his residence. He was born June 2, 1923, in Rabun County to the late William Marcus Keener and Martha Hopkins Keener. He was the w...

George H. Kramer Jr.George H. Kramer Jr. passed away Tuesday, May 21, 2013, at Halcyon Hospice House in Atlanta. Mr. Kramer was born Nov. 18, 1935, in Blackwater, Mo., to George and Geneva Kramer. He earned a bachelor...

Joyce Cheek MaplesJoyce Cheek Maples, of Clayton, died Wednesday, Nov. 21, 2012, after a long battle with cancer. She was born in Habersham County to Dewitt and Violet Eubanks Cheek. She grew up in Rabun County and ...

Thomas Ramey Sr.Thomas Ramey Sr., 83, of Clayton, passed away Monday, May 20, 2013, at his home after several years of declining health. He was born Aug. 6, 1930, in Tiger, and he lived in Rabun County his entire ...